Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-08-11
OOLERAEN.
The thermometer is cooling off.
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The thermometer is cooling off
Apple pie is luxury.
The supply of butter is on the decline
the price is tending upward.
Natures concert is free every eve.
ming by the Katy-dids.
The grapes are coloring and the crop
will be large.
By experience the grangers have
learned that early blowing produces the
best crops; large amount of plOwiDg
has already been done; large acreage
will be sown in wheat this fall.
Mr.. A. Y. Henderson threshed 6OC
dozen sheaves of Poole wheat, which
yielded 437 bushels of extra good grain
David Robinson threshed the same va
riety which averaged % bushels per
acre.
Mr.. John Barton was stricken with
paralysis while at Barton station We'd
nesdsy of last week he is still in very
critical condition, with little hope of his
recovery.
The coal trade has been on the decline
for the past month, owing to the supply
being greater than the demand; but by
the 1st of next month business will be
active and the demand good.
The Board of Education held another
meeting at Barton last Saturday to ac>
cept the bids for the two new school
houses; twelve inJunctions were brought
up against the school at Barton. The
board voted to rent room at Kidd for
school purposes, which was bitterly op>
posed by the people at that place; they
refused to accept the deed made by the
Grimes heirs for the school lot at Kidd,
and the meeting adjourned to meet in
two weeks. Judge briggs will be called
| upon to settle the case. This matter has
| caused bitter strife among some of our
best citizens.
Rev. Robert Alexander will conduct
communion services at Pennington next
Sabbath.
The annual Sabbath school picnic will
occur at Pennington next Thursday.
Mr.. Boaz James, of Cincinnati, was
the guest of his brother at Maynard last
week; he represents one of the largest
wholesale firms in that place.
Joshua Maui, of Colerain City, has
been lying at the point of death for the
past two weeks, with paralysis and dys
entery he is rapidly growing weaker,
owing to the iDfirmities of age, an it is
probable that death will conquer very
soon.
Mr.. Alex. France, station agent at
Barton, and family, were off for repair
the past two weeks; they visited his old
home in Pennsylvania; Mr.. France has
been In the employ of the G, l. & W Co.
ever since the opening of the road by
his honest dealings and good moral quail
tiles he has come to stay.
Mr.. Jake Roary, of Barton. put blast
10 we'll at that place last Thursday;
being slow to ignite he peeped in the
well to see what was wrong, when it
went of, burning him terribly about
the head and shoulders.
Owing to the severe drought in Iowa,
Mr.. Oliver Updegraff was compelled to
drive go head of cattle from there TO his
former home at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, to
have them pastured.
Some of the C, L & W officials stepped
off at Barton last week, and commenced
to measure the distance from Mr.. John
AndersOn's store to their track. Mr..
Anderson growing a little suspicious,
asked them what they were going to do !?
They told him that they understood be
was selling liquor. 1t took number of
the citizens at Barton to convince them
that it was false rumor.
The coal company at Maynard lost a
good mule last week by fall of soap
stone, COUNTRY COUSIN.